If you love banana splits, you’ll go crazy over these Banana Split Bars! They have all of your favorite banana split flavors in these easy to share bars.
Banana splits in another dessert form are always winners! For more favorite, check out these Banana Split Cupcakes or these Banana Split Cake Mix Cookies.
My mom has loved cooking ever since I can remember. For the most part, we were like most families in the 70s/80s – aka pre-internet – where my mom would have a rotation of meals that she would go through. She did have a nice collection of cookbooks, though, and would choose something new every now and again. Through the years, she has gotten rid of many of those cookbooks that I liked to flip through, but one thing has remained.
Her recipe box.
Seriously – I’m guessing this thing is close to my age. It’s worn and falling apart, kept together at the seams with tape, but it is full of love. And recipes, of course, but if I had to choose something to save from my parent’s house, that recipe box would be high on the list.
It’s full of hand written recipes and cut outs from magazines and packages. But these are my mom’s tried and true recipes, and I know that if it makes it into “the box”, I can bet on it that it’s a good one.
I was looking through the box the other day, in search of another recipe, when I came across the recipe for these bars. Not only did I have a bunch of quickly browning bananas, but I had 2 nearly full jars of maraschino cherries in my fridge. (How in the world did I end up with 2 jars of cherries???) I would say that it was destiny that I make these bars.
Now, I know that I’ve been going crazy on the ripe banana recipes lately, but this is another you need to add to your list (or Pinterest board!) for when you have overripe bananas. Sure, they only use up one of those overripe bananas, but they are goo-ood. Totally worth saving aside one of the bananas to purposefully let it go overripe!!
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Banana Split Bars
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 banana mashed
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup chopped peanuts
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup maraschino cherries drained and quartered
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
- In a bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the egg, banana and vanilla and mix well. Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt, then mix into the batter. Fold in the peanuts.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and top with the marshmallows, chocolate chips and cherries. Return to the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, an additional 10-15 minutes. Cool completely then cut into bars.
Valerie M. says
These look so fun. I think my picky youngest child might even like them. 🙂
My mom has her old recipe box too!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
nostalgia in bar form. love it.
carrian says
Holy links to ya! WOOHOO!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
These bars are just too fun!
Nutmeg Nanny says
This is a genius recipe 🙂 I bet these taste like heaven!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I love this recipe! These are so gorgeous. I think I need to raid my mom’s recipe box…
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
These bars are so fun!
teresa says
haha, a while back i remember looking in my cupboard and asking myself the same thing, why in the world do i have so many marachino cherries!? what a great way to use them, these look wonderful!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
I love recipes with stories like that behind them! And how genius are these bars!! Banana split in a bar form – looooove it! Pinning!
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground says
I have several handwritten recipes in my Mom’s handwriting that I will keep FOREVER … they’re so special. Love the Banana Split Bars, and will absolutely be giving those a try. Thank you so much for including my Spicy Chipotle Turkey & Mango Wrap in this week’s features! Love your party each week, and it’s an especially nice treat to pop over and see something of mine in the features. Have a great weekend, Deborah!
Tracey @ The Kitchen is My Playground
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says
I love handwritten recipes. They are absolutely the best and the memories that come with them will live forever!
These bars sound so good. I have some cherries somewhere in the fridge, one of those ingredients that gets moved every time I need something from the fridge.
Going to put them to a delicious use!
Emily says
Thanks for featuring my cinnamon rolls along with some other delicious looking recipes. I love a good banana split!